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Millions of people face food insecurity in West Africa’s Sahel region. Successive droughts combined with conflict and displacement have pushed people into crisis in nine countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.
In Niger, the number of...

In the Central African Republic (CAR), about one in five people living outside the capital, Bangui, faces a food crisis. Conflict earlier this year led to widespread displacement and the destruction of villages, farmland and livestock. Providing food assistance is a high priority, but so is helping...

The humanitarian response for Syria is facing a critical shortage of funds, OCHA’s Director of Operations, John Ging, said on Monday. Mr. Ging called on the donor community to scale up contributions to enable aid agencies to help those affected by the escalating crisis.
“If we don’t get...

Indonesia is sometimes referred to as nature’s laboratory for natural disasters. Frequent earthquakes, tsunamis, forest fires, floods, whirlwinds and drought ensure that the country is regularly in the top five of the global list of countries most affected by disasters.
When a devastating 7.6-...